RE: [lojban] "I know you have a brother..."

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com>]

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> ragnarok@pobox.com writes: 
>   >What is wrong with: 
>   >(6) mi djuno lenu bruna do .i zo bel. ra cmene 
> 
>   Wait, I have to explicitly state the zo'e. So I ammend this to 
>   (7) mi djuno lenu zo'e do bruna .i zo bel. ra cmene 
> 
> That takes care of what of the crucial sort was wrong with (6).  All 
> that is left now is that {djuno} takes propeositions {du'u}, not 
> events {nu}.  And a worry about pulling references out of subordinate 
> clauses with mental predicates (I believe that Sherlock Holmes is 
> still alive.  He raises bees in Suffolk.) 

Worse is "John believes that Holmes is still alive. He raises bees
in Suffolk", though in fact I don't see it as worrisome.

--And.